Julia Presgraves, Designer in Jersey City, NJ, United States
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Julia Presgraves

Verified Expert  in Design

Bio

Julia is an award-winning creative with 15 years of experience in design and art direction. Her passion lies in problem-solving and creating unique and simple visual solutions. She believes that to be inspired, you must be willing to look outside the ordinary and appreciate the beauty in everything.

Portfolio

Work Experience

Founder and Design Director

2016 - PRESENT
Flambeau Design
  • Designed the site architecture, UI/UX, and visual systems for websites.
  • Designed and customized WordPress and Squarespace sites.
  • Conceptualized and developed new brand systems for small businesses including logos, identity systems, and brand books.
  • Formed and managed client relationships.
  • Scoped and managed projects from conception to completion.
Technologies: WordPress, Adobe Creative Suite, InVision, Sketch

Senior Designer

2002 - PRESENT
Nonprofit Work
  • Designed the UI/UX for an educational website targeting both students and teachers.
  • Created multiple suites of collateral for different organizations.
  • Designed logos and collateral for a local charity event.
Technologies: WordPress, Adobe Creative Suite

Associate Design Director

2007 - 2015
Iris Worldwide
  • Designed a mobile-to-tablet live game experience for a large telecom company at their promotional popup experience on college campuses.
  • Created a global website design for a leading beauty house to include both the entire brand portfolio, and it's corporate information. Included was a back-end CMS that allowed each brand to update its own page, as well as customize their social and content feeds.
  • Designed a prank website promoting the launch of a new movie.
  • Rebranded and relaunched a telecom company based out of the UK. This included logo design, brand guidelines, and advertising.
  • Designed a holiday content hub for a CPG company to promote the launch of a new product.
  • Redesigned the global site for a skin care company.
  • Managed and mentored a team of visual, UX, and production designers.
  • Worked as a lead designer in the formation and management of client relationships.
Technologies: Adobe Creative Suite

Education

1998 - 2002

Bachelor of Arts Degree in Graphic Design

University of Central Florida - Orlando, FL, USA

Skills

Tools

Adobe Photoshop, Adobe InDesign, Adobe Illustrator, Sketch 3, Adobe Creative Suite, Sketch, InVision

Platforms

OS X, WordPress

Other

Visual Design, Branding, Digital Advertising, PowerPoint Design, User Experience (UX), User Interface (UI), Interactive Prototypes

Experience

  • Adobe Illustrator - 17 years
  • Branding - 17 years
  • Adobe Photoshop - 17 years
  • Visual Design - 17 years
  • Adobe InDesign - 14 years
  • User Experience (UX) - 6 years
  • Sketch 3 - 1 year

Tools

  • Adobe Photoshop
  • Adobe InDesign
  • Adobe Illustrator
  • Sketch 3
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